Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 27,768, Stephen Everts, Continental (Conn.)

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Continental (Conn.) Everts, Stephen
S. 27,768
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27 4 68 Reg war  INVALID.
File No. 27768
Weymouth Reg t
Act: _____
Index:—Vol. 9 , Page 127
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Dead. See letter to W.W.W. 5 Nov. 1830 -
Connecticut
Stephen Everts
Private in Capt. Smith's 5th regt Col. Setts Harnet in the U. S. Army. Rev. was
Inscribed on the roll of the Connecticut Agency, at $5, and increased to $8, per month, by act of 24 April 1816.
Formal certificate of Pension issued 21 October 1822, and sent to Pen- sioner, at Salisbury, Conn.
Transferred to New York 17 Nov 1827. pen 20 Sep 1827.

APPLICATION FOR A TRANSFER.
County of Dutchess ss.
ON this first day of December 182 7 , before me, the Subscriber, a Justice of the Peace, for the said County of Dutchess personally appeared Isaac Sutherland who, on his Oath, declares that he is the same Person who formerly belonged to the Company commanded by Captain Simon Smith in the Regiment commanded by Colonel S. H. Haines in the Service of the United States; that his Name was placed on the Pension Roll of the State of Pennsylvania from whence he has lately removed; that he now resides in the State [District, or Territory,] of New York where he intends to remain, and wishes his Pension to be there payable, in future; and that his reasons for removing to the State of New York are to live with his Daughter who now resides there.
Sworn and subscribed to, before me
Isaac Sutherland
State of New-York, DUTCHESS COUNTY, ss.
I, Clapp Raymond Clerk of the County of Dutchess, do hereby Certify, that Isaac Sutherland Esq has been duly commissioned as a Justice of the Peace, for the County of Dutchess, and has ta- ken and subscribed the Oath of Office, and the Oaths by Law required; and that he was on the nineteenth day of February one thousand eight hun- dred and twenty three and continued to be until the first day of November one thousand eight hundred and twenty seven a Justice of the Peace of said County, and that I am acquainted with the hand writing of the said Justice, and verily believe the signature " Isaac Sutherland " subscribed to the annexed Certificate to be the proper hand writing of the said Justice.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the Seal of the said County, this thirteenth day of October one thousand eight hundred and twenty seven
Clapp Raymond Clerk

APPLICATION FOR A TRANSFER.
County of Dutchess
ss.
ON this 10th day of December 182 7 , before me, the Subscriber, a Justice of the Peace, for the said County of Dutchess personally appeared Stephen Coonley who, on his Oath, declares that he is the same Person who formerly belonged to the Company commanded by Captain Simon Smith in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Seth Warner in the Service of the United States; that his Name was placed on the Pension Roll of the State of Vermont from whence he has lately removed; that he now resides in the State [District, or Territory,] of New York where he intends to remain, and wishes his Pension to be there payable, in future; and that his reasons for removing to the State of New York are to live with his Daughter who now resides there .
Stephen Coonley
Sworn and subscribed to, before me, the Day and Year aforesaid.
Isaac Luthland Justice of the Peace
NOTES.
The Oath to be taken before a duly qualified Magistrate, whose official Character and Signature must be proved by the Certificate of the proper Officer, under his Seal of Office, setting forth that the Person taking the Testimony is a Justice of the Peace, Judge, or Notary Public, as the case may be, and that the signature purporting to be his is genuine.
The Pensioner's oath must be supported by the evidence of another person as to identity. The witness must swear that he well knows the person who has taken the above oath to be the same person described therein, and no other than the identical person to whom the pension was originally granted. The magistrate must certify that the witness is a person of veracity. The witness's affidavit must be authenticated in the manner above described.
I do hereby certify that the above is a true and correct copy of the original now on file in my office and that the person described therein is the same person to whom the above pension was originally granted. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal this 10th day of December 1827. Isaac Luthland Justice of the Peace
Sophia Coonley
I certify that Sophia Coonley the above deponent is a creditable person. Isaac Luthland Justice of the Peace

State of Connecticut; County of Litchfield, ss. Salisbury, Be it known that on the 11 th day of October 1823. Before me the subscriber, a justice of the Peace for said County of Litchfield personally appeared Stephen Evets of said Salisbury, who on his oath, declares that he is the same Stephen Evets, to whom the Original Certificate was given of which the following is a copy,
Viz
" On due examination, it appears that " Stephen Evets of Salisbury aged twenty nine years, " on the 7 th July 1777 while a soldier in Col. Warrens " Regiment, in the service of the United States, in " the Northern department, in an action, with " the Enemy, received a wound in his shoulder " by means of which, he is disabled to do Military " duty, and in a great measure to gain a " Livelihood; and is intitled to receive from the " United States three dollars and one third of a " Dollar per Month for his support
" Windsor Dec. 3 rd 1788
Oliver Ellsworth Judge Superior Court,
" State of Connecticut ss Comptroller's Office March " 2 nd 1790. The above is a true copy of the original " on file in this office Examined by
A. Kingsbury, Clerk, and also that he served in Col. Warrens Regiment, at the time he was disabled; — that his disability still continues, and that his place of Residence is

" in Salisbury in the County of Litchfield aforesaid " where he has resided ten years last past, But " that he has never received a formal Certificate " and now wishes to obtain one,
Stephen Coverts
Sworn and subscribed to, before me, the day and year aforesaid
Hijah C. Put Justice of the Peace
I Elisha Sterling of Salisbury Notary Public, duly appointed, commissioned, and sworn; hereby certify that a Hijah C. Put Esq. of Salisbury is a justice of the Peace for said County of Litchfield, and that the above signature is in his own proper hand, and is his legal signature, and that full faith and credit are to be given to all his official acts and Certificates.
In faith whereof! Subscribe my name and affix my seal of Office in said Salisbury this 13 th day of October AD 1823.
Connecticut. Elisha Sterling Public Notary

Salisbury 14 th Feb y 1823
Samuel L. Southard Esq.
Sir
Since I wrote to the War Department for a formal Certificate, I have had forwarded to me from Middletown a form which I have filled up & now forward the same to you for a formal Certificate that I may obtain my Pensions Money & hope there may be no particular delay
Respectfully yours
S. E.
Stephen Everts